Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-01
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! member of well known Greek letter society
having chapters in various American colleges
! DURING the last eight or nine years there
! have been no less than sixty iive deaths III
! PIttsburg which directly resulted from k.rp'
! sene accidents, caused by kIrdlinS hres WIN
! that dangerous mud.
THE two copies OF the Bible used at Queen
| Victoria's coronation are still in existence.
One is a heirloom IN the family of the late
| DR.. sumner. Bishop Of Winchester, ana the
other is preserved IN the Cathedral OF NOR
| witch.
o. o. PUTNEY, an old miner, lo't his life in
snow avalanche at Bay Horse. Custer
county, Idaho. a few DAYS ago. In an old
valise VIII ch he owned, were found letters
| and some bone with note saying; u WISH
| these bones buried with me-"
THIS has been tremendous winter in the
far West. recent tr of the mail stage
from Mount Id no to Lewiston. Idaho, usual
| ly done in twelve hours, was made IN four
| DAYS. and one OF the horses died OF eXhaus-
ton. The one passenger was drummer, ana
| he was all right ali the time.
!. AT recent meeting of the Congregational
| Club of San Francisco it was said that IN that
| city Of 800, 900 Inhabitants the attendance at
| the Protestant churches was about $4,000, and
| ut the Catho ic churches about is 600, making
| a total church attendance of about $4,000.
! Probably ee-fourths of the population
never attend church. s..
! ONE OF the passengers on q snow bonnd
Norlhern Pacific train in Montana suddenly
| jumped from the coach with yell and started
up the side OF the mountain in the face of
driving storm. He was pursued. and alter q
halt-mile cha-e was captured AMI brought
oacE with frozen face and ears. He had sud
denly become insane.
THE .ince of Wales eats clans direct from
the shell. which he no DIS In his hand. The
great Napoleon was passonately fond OF
| shrimps. Henry Warl Beecher chews roast
lamb and eschews roast beet. Charles Dick
ems, when occurring in Brooklyn. drank a
bottle of brandy and two bIttlcs OF cham
! payne during the course of single evening
A CITIZEN of Allentown. Pa, who owned a
| fine span of horses that he used in his bust
ness was much troubled because his neigh
| bors often asked TO borrow the horses even
| lngs and Sundays for pleasure driving. the
owner. too good-natured to say mo" at
| length hit uVOn a plan that worked to q
| charm. lie traded his horses for span of
mules.
THERE was a notable wedding IN the Con-
| gregational Church at Salt Lake CITY the
! other day. The groom was Hong Hop, one Of
| the leading Chinese merchants OF the city,
| who has discarded the Chinese garb, joined
inc Consregatlomal Church and bee me an
/ anti Mormon. The brite was comely
| young English girl who came to this country
only six months ago.
| DURING the recent heavy sleet storm NAL
| raska county. Ia. man came upon an eagle
| whose movements seemed to be curiously
| hammered in manner that rendered his
| flight impossible. the mob bird md been
/ out all night and was developed in c m =
| pete coat of mail so heavy an thick that he
| was almost helpless. He now adOrns fine
| cage In that citizens house.
| VERDI was m CHI moved on the receipt of
the illustrious Order of Merit rom thA Ger
man Emperor. He viii keep the splendid in
| sigma in thu glass case at SAINT Agata, where
| all his decorate ions repose: for he Is SO modes
| that he will not wear even a ribbon In his but
| ton hole. He saws. though. that he doesn't
| wear the stars and crosses and other fiue
| jewels that have been given 10 HIN because
| there isn't room on his coat for them all at
| once. AID he is afraid of hurting the giver's
| feelings by leaving any OF them of
THE respite given to Harding, Beaver
head Mont.) murderer, pOstpones test of a
I new hanging machine which the sher. q
| wanted to try very much. Instead of a scat
| fold with drop, by which the victim is
! launcned into eternity with lr ken neck
| this new machine is a long beam resting on
| fulcrum or pivot. A short rope around the
| cunvict's neck is fas' ened u the end of the
| BEAM at the proper signal 4 weight is dropped
| upon the opposite end OF the beam, and the
convicps neck breaks before his feet leave the
| ground.
TROUBLE is threatened IN Zululand. On
| one side the British resident, it is said. re-
/ quires the Zulus TO agree to boundary line
! between their territory and that of the New
| Boer republic that has been approved by Sir
! A. IIavelock; and, on the other, the Beers are
| putting pressure npon the Zuus. Threatened
| on one side with the withdrawal OF BriIi>h
J protection. and on the other with loss of
! territory which they consider thelrowp, there
seems to be a pb-sibiiity sf the IN us choosing
| war as he least prtjudicial way out OF their
| difficulties.
| ANTIQUARIEs have been much puzzled of
late respecting the authenticity of an eques-
trlan statue in sculptured wood OF Joan or
Arc, which forms one of the curiosities in the
| Cluny museum. According TO the catalogue
| prepared by NJ. du Sommerard. the statue
| has all the appearance of having been carried
| about in rel iglOus professions 1t Montereau,
| where il W as discovered. Now an Old lnhabi-
! tAnt OF NJ 'ntereau, NJ. Quesvrrs. who is as
! great an antiquary as MonN barns him self, de
| mes the truth o NJ du SOmmerard's asser-
lions, aud positively states That the pseudo
Joan of Arc Is IN realty q st. Maurice
| Hence cOmmotiOn among the keeper, OF the
! museum. The Monte au MOnkbarns says
that The statue wa i re lc OF the old parish
| church of ST. Maurice, which was dc, troyed
| during the great revolu ion. II was touched
! up by decorator, who sold 1t 10 dealer for
| e.. He mad il transformed into a statue of
the Maid OF Orleans. a q 1t was bought By the
u
! alluded TO was the chief OF the Theuaan legion
! alleged TO have been augh cred by the EN-
! per0r MaXimilian in the valley of the Penine
| Alps.
| One Of the visitors to the Capitol the other
! day who attracted much attention was Wilson
! Barrett, the English actor. As it was his
| first visit TO the national capital and The Con-
| gre-s, all he saw and heard Interested him
| greatly. He admired The Capitol greatly and
| Thought 1t remark able building. He did
| gTesS, but he did remark some ming about he
! customs OF certain people who wish to ape
| prominent IN society. lie "a he had ben
! called npon by It Young society man Wash
| ngtou, who requested HIM to attend his
| mothers reception. Mr.. Barrett declined be-
cause he did not know the lady, and was not
! in the habit of going out for exhibition
! Later the youth c died again and inform d
! him that the family were most DESTROYS for
| him to attend. Again MIR. Barrett positively
! declined TO go and IN lie show OF himself
| A q ird time the " nth came back and this
time begged Dir, Barrett TO come. II only for
| q few moments. MIR. Barrett sald he felt
| sorry tor the youth, and 50 at last he said !:
Go h me aud tell your mother that | shall
| try and hnd among the gentlemen to nom
| / have letters OF Introduction one who 10 goin.
| to your reception. and will call with him, :"
| Mr.. Barrett thought that would settle the
matter, but TO his surprise the youth came a
fourth Tune and begged him TO say he would
come anyhow. Mr.. Barrett said he gave his
consent to go. and he added: when the re-
gpnIlun comes off I shYIl ALtand